Arsenal 4-0 PSV: 3 talking points from Gunners’ sensational UCL return

The Emirates was rocking. (Photo by Photo Prestige/Soccrates/Getty Images)

2. Arsenal are back where they belong

Having almost taken European football for granted in the Arsene Wenger era, the fact that Arsenal had been out of the Champions League for six years was unacceptable.

Now, with Mikel Arteta driving the bus, the club is back to where it belongs. Those European nights at the Emirates hit differently, and this one was extra special.

Three years on and this boy meant what he said.

“You deserve more Arsenal fans” and Bukayo Saka has given us more every single day from that moment.

He scored Arsenal’s first Champions League goal in seven years tonight and it just had to be him.

He’s special, but every… pic.twitter.com/TdXfuqP8Pl
— now.arsenal (@now_arsenaI) September 20, 2023

It was the club’s first UCL game in 2,388 days, and everyone made sure to soak it in. We have gotten back to where we belong; now, the trick is to stay there.

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